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7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 26 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from CKB & Associates, Inc. v. Moore McCormack Petroleum, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CKB & Associates, Inc. v. Moore McCormack Petroleum, Inc. Anchor | green | “to be enforceable, a best efforts contract must set some kind of goal or guideline against which best efforts may be measured.” | 6 |
| 2 | Toshiba MacHine Co. v. SPM Flow Control, Inc. | green | “is a demand for compensation or assertion of a right to be paid.” | 5 |
| 3 | Bechtel Corp. v. CITGO PRODUCTS PIPELINE CO. | green | “the benefit of his bargain by being put in as good a position as he would have been had the contract or promise been performed” | 3 |
| 4 | Foley v. Parlier | green | “to reimburse the plaintiff for expenditures made toward execution of the contract, in order to restore the status quo before the contract.” | 3 |
| 5 | CKB & Associates, Inc. v. Moore McCormack Petroleum, Inc. | green | “as a matter of law, no efforts cannot be best efforts.” | 3 |
| 6 | Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Estate of Burt | green | “a defendant must have notice and an opportunity to settle a claim.” | 3 |
| 7 | Kerr Steamship Co. v. Radio Corp. of America | green | “distinguishes between direct and consequential damages, the difference lying in the degree to which the damages are a foreseeable (that is, a highly probable) consequence of a breach” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.